cuckoo
From LSJ
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
the sound of the cuckoo: Ar. κόκκυ.
cry cuckoo, verb intransitive: Ar. κοκκύζειν.
